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There are two 18th century wills in the Leighlin & Prerogative Court indexes for John Lawler (1770) of Killinatoher and for his widow Elizabeth Lawlor (1783) of Kilnatogher. The modern version could be Coolnavarnogue or Coolaghy, a townland in Coolnabaghner.

Killeenatogher is in the grounds of Emo Court.If you look on the older OSI maps of the area you'll see it.There was a church there. The townland is Emo Park.

Emo... "…near the farmyard are several very old yew trees marking the site of an old church, in the southern part is 'Kilnatocher' so called from an old Togher or bog…"

549 ‘Kyllintogher’ CarrMS , 1838 ‘It is said that there was another little church called Killeen -a -toagher (little church at the causeway)’ LSO II 239, 1841 Killeenatogher SO < Cillín an Tóchair “the little church, graveyard of the causeway”

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